ORCID-CA, the ORCID Consortium in Canada, to provide Canadian institutions and organizations the opportunity to obtain premium membership to ORCID
ORCID and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), with support from a working group of 16 Canadian stakeholders who are all deeply committed to supporting research, scholarship, and innovation in Canada, are collaborating to build ORCID-CA, the ORCID consortium in Canada.
Special Meeting of the Members
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Quarterly Financial Update - 2017-03
CRKN is pleased to offer this quarterly financial update to members providing information on CRKN's foreign exchange service, invoicing results to date, and information on various administrative topics including CRKN’s anticipated invoicing schedule and membership fees for 2017-18.
Alexandra Houde joins the CRKN team
Alexandra Houde has joined the CRKN team as Senior Content & Licensing Officer from February 13 through December 22, 2017. Alexandra will support the CRKN licensing program by serving as staff lead on a number of license negotiations, leading and supporting committee and task groups as appropriate and ensuring members are adequately supported in the delivery of content programs.
CRKN Participating in the Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group
CRKN is pleased to participate in the Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group building on work and partnerships developed over the past few years. The Working Group includes stakeholders from across the full spectrum of the Canadian scholarly communications ecosystem and on November 7, 2016, the Working Group held its first full-day meeting in Ottawa.
Leslie Weir Named Recipient of the 2016 Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award
Ottawa – September 8, 2016 – The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce Leslie Weir as the recipient of the 2016 Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award. The award will be presented on October 19, 2016 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as part of CRKN’s annual general meeting.
2016 AGM, Halifax
CRKN hosts a meeting for all members once a year providing an opportunity for more in-depth discussion as a community regarding key issues and projects and to conduct the formal annual business meeting of the members.
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Staff
CRKN employs a diverse team of librarians, developers, technicians, and other professionals to meet the evolving needs of its member community.
Project COUNTER Membership
CRKN has been a member of Project COUNTER, “a non-profit organization supported by a global community of library, publisher and vendor members, who contribute to the development of the Code of Practice through working groups and outreach” since 2015.
"COUNTER provides the Code of Practice that enables publishers and vendors to report usage of their electronic resources in a consistent way. This enables libraries to compare data received from different publishers and vendors."